{"id":1752,"date":"2026-08-01T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/?page_id=1752"},"modified":"2026-08-01T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:28:18","slug":"bridget-r-cooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/bridget-r-cooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridget R. Cooks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-medium getwid-padding-right-medium\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1140px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bridget R. Cooks<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-heading__content\">Scholar and Curator<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Bridget R. Cooks is a scholar and curator of American art. Her research focuses on visual art by African Americans, Black visual culture, and museum criticism. She serves as Chancellor\u2019s Fellow and professor of African American Studies and Art History at the University of California, Irvine. She is core faculty in the PhD programs in visual studies and culture and theory. Her books, articles, and essays can be found widely across interdisciplinary academic publications and art exhibition catalogues. 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Driskell Book Award in African American Art History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo credit: Steven Zylius<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-advanced-spacer\" style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/presenters\/\" style=\"color:#000000\">BACK<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blackportraitures.info\/bp-la\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/08\/Bridget-R.-Cooks-by-photographer-Steven-Zylius-1-reduced-size.jpg\" alt=\"Bridget R. 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